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Until today, it was difficult to imagine anything more shatteringly tone deaf than the president of the united states throwing rolls of paper towels at hurricane victims in puerto rico, which actually happened. and then nearly 3,000 people died and the president of the united states called the response an unsung success. in puerto rico, thousands of lives have come to an end, but inexplicably, the president's self-congratulation has not. joining me on the phone is the mayor of san juan, carmen uihlein cruz. mayor cruz, i'm wondering first of all just what you have to say to the president tonig...

Most other speeches we hear, a touch of self-congratulation, of course. but it was not about the funding of the building, just simply calling up and bragging about that. >> in fact, there were more minutes spent about the fallen fbi agent than anything else. she asked first responders to stand up, give them applause and she talked about the themes of braver within the fbi itself. when sanders was asked about general kelly's comments today about the congresswoman, what did she say? >> she was very defensive about this. she said they stand by the comments that general kelly made. we don't know i...

In just two days. and guess what? the president signed the bill into law this past tuesday, april 7th, 2015, with a bang, bang, bang. [ applause ] >> reporter: so right there, john, we heard the congresswoman recounting how she worked with republicans. john banner, speaker of the house at the time, worked with other republicans as well. she praised the fbi officers. and this is all about the naming of the building. she was not in congress at the time the building was funded, so the chief of staff was wrong about that. john, this sounds to me like most other speeches we hear, a touch of self-co...

She thinks in the united states generals should not be questioned, cannot be questioned, a have a ten-part pb pbs' -- what does the tape show? >> it was actually a fairly typical speech by a member of congress. yes, there was some self-congratulation, if you will. which is pretty pip cal for all members of congress. to efuse praise on john boehner, president obama, at odds entirely with what john kelly said one day ago. >> reporter: florida congresswoman frederica wilson firing back today, accusing white house chief of staff john kelly of lying. keeping alive the controversy over president tru...

This has been a category 5, which few people have ever even heard of, a category 5 hitting land. but it hit land, and boy did it hit land. i want to thank elaine. thank you very much. fantastic acting secretary. tom is here someplace. great job, great job. and right from the beginning this governor did not play politics. he didn't play it at all. he was saying like it was, and he was giving us the highest grace. >> a lot of praise today coming for his own sfrgz who at one point asked to hear it back from a elected official. the self-congratulation came as he was starting to tour. the administr...